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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Registration
closes on October 30, 2009 for the Public Library Association’s
(PLA’s) Management of Technology course, to be held November 12-13, 2009
at the Mountlake Terrace Library in Mountlake Terrace, WA, just north of
Seattle. The course costs $250 for PLA members and Washington librarians, $300
for American Library Association members, and $400 for non-members.
Registration </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>fee
includes all training materials, breaks, and lunch on both days of the
workshop.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>Part of PLA’s popular Certified Public Library Administrator (CPLA)
Courses, this two-day program will provide librarians with the skills they need
to determine an appropriate role for technology in the delivery of services and
to identify the best ones to support their own library’s services.
This highly interactive program includes a variety of group exercises based on
a case study, which gives participants an opportunity to apply what they are
learning in a practical way in the “real” library – and to see
the effects of the decisions they make throughout the two-day program. A
complete course description along with course registration can be found at
http://www.pla.org/ala/mgrps/divs/pla/plaevents/cplacourses/technology.cfm<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>At the end of the program, participants will be able to:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>apply their strengthened understanding of
computer and communications technologies to issues at their own libraries<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>link current services to the inventory of
technologies; <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>make decisions about sustaining, expanding or
phasing out current technologies; <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>identify and evaluate new technologies for
implementation; <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>identify the costs, needed skills, and timelines
for new and expanded projects; <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>create an environment of on-going technological
assessment and implementation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Course presenter Michael Porter brings nearly twenty years of experience in
the library world, having worked at WebJunction.org, OCLC Western (Ontario,
CA), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation US Library Program, and the Allen
County Public Library (Fort Wayne, IN). His professional focus is on practical
technology, community, training, and planning. He is currently working on a
book about successful electronic communities for ALA Editions and co-authors
the "Internet Spotlight" column in <i>Public Libraries</i> Magazine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>For more information or to register for the course, please visit <a
href="http://www.pla.org">www.pla.org</a> or call 800-545-2433, ext. 5PLA. PLA
is a division of the American Library Association. <o:p></o:p></p>
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